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• The Latest: Hawaii looks to extend road trip a little longer

  20-03-2016 23:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Latest on the fourth full day of the men's NCAA Tournament, including games being played in New York; St. Louis; Oklahoma City and Spokane, Washington. Women's NCAA Tournament games are being played in Syracuse, New York; Louisville, Kentucky; Columbia, South Carolina; Starkville, Mississippi; Waco, Texas; Tempe, Arizona; and Corvallis, Oregon (All times EDT):
  
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• Pelicans' Davis out for season, putting Rio in doubt

  20-03-2016 23:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The New Orleans Pelicans have decided to shut down All-Star forward Anthony Davis for the rest of this season, and his future with U.S. Olympic team for this summer's Rio Games is in doubt as well.
  
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• Win-win beckons for Havana and Washington

  20-03-2016 23:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC North America Editor Jon Sopel says that the renewed friendship between Cuba and the US will benefit both Havana and Washington.
  
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• Barcelona held, 'BBC' fire for Madrid, 'donkey' Neville told to go

  20-03-2016 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Barcelona extended their lead at the top of La Liga to nine points over Atletico Madrid despite blowing a two-goal advantage to draw 2-2 at Villarreal on Sunday. Real Madrid closed to within 10 points of Barca in third ahead of the meeting between the two sides in two weeks, as Cristiano Ronaldo, Gareth Bale and Karim Benzema all scored in a 4-0 win over Sevilla. Meanwhile, Valencia boss Gary Neville was called a "donkey" and urged "to go now" by the club's fans after losing 2-0 at home to Celta
  
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• The Latest: Obama lauds 'historic' chance to engage Cubans

  20-03-2016 22:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HAVANA (AP) — The Latest on President Barack Obama's trip to Cuba (all times local):
  
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• Azarenka shocks Williams in Indian Wells final

  20-03-2016 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Victoria Azarenka stunned world number one Serena Williams 6-4, 6-4 on Sunday to capture her second Indian Wells crown and a 19th career singles title. Azarenka blasted five aces while Williams was undone by 33 unforced errors and five double faults in the 88-minute match. "Definitely not the game plan," Williams said.
  
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• Cubans anticipate visit

  20-03-2016 22:38 via rss.cnn.com
  
  It's the refrain heard all over Cuba right now: "Obama viene." Obama's coming.
  
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• Russian runner Kotlyarova tests positive for meldonium

  20-03-2016 22:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — Russian 400-meter runner Nadezhda Kotlyarova says she has tested positive for the banned substance meldonium.
  
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• Obama arrives in Havana for historic visit to former Cold War foe

  20-03-2016 22:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Matt Spetalnick, Daniel Trotta, Jeff Mason and Frank Jack Daniel HAVANA (Reuters) - President Barack Obama arrived in Cuba on Sunday on a historic visit, opening a new chapter in U.S. engagement with the island's Communist government after decades of animosity between the former Cold War foes. Obama landed at Havana's Jose Marti International Airport aboard Air Force One, the presidential jet with "United States of America" emblazoned across its fuselage, a sight almost unimaginable not long
  
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• Tournament Director of BNP Paribas Open Criticizes WTA Tour

  20-03-2016 22:20 via abcnews.go.com
  The tournament director of the BNP Paribas Open has criticized the WTA Tour, saying women's pro tennis players "ride on the coattails of the men" while describing them as "physically attractive and competitively attractive.''
  
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• Nova Pitches Into 5th Inning, Yankees Beat Twins

  20-03-2016 22:14 via abcnews.go.com
  Ivan Nova pitched into the fifth inning before Joe Mauer's two-run single finished him, and the New York Yankees beat the Minnesota Twins 6-4 on Sunday
  
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• Late Tip Gives Notre Dame 76-75 Win Over Stephen F. Austin

  20-03-2016 22:14 via abcnews.go.com
  Rex Plfueger tapped in a miss with 1.5 seconds left and Notre Dame survived a valiant effort by No. 14 seed Stephen F. Austin 76-75 on Sunday to reach the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament for the second consecutive season
  
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• The Latest: Dignitaries Greet Obama _ With 1 Notable Absence

  20-03-2016 22:10 via abcnews.go.com
  A host of dignitaries were on hand for President Barack Obama's arrival in Havana _ with one notable absence
  
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• Tigers Get to Norris Early, Beat Braves

  20-03-2016 22:09 via abcnews.go.com
  Ian Kinsler and Jose Iglesias got hits to start a five-run first inning off Bud Norris and a split squad of Detroit Tigers beat the Atlanta Braves 8-2 Sunday
  
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• President Obama Arrives in Cuba for Historic Visit

  20-03-2016 22:07 via abcnews.go.com
  
  President Obama has departed U.S. soil for Cuba for the first visit by a sitting president in nearly 90 years.
  
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• Belgian lawyer vows fight over Paris attacks suspect

  20-03-2016 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The lawyer for Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam launched a furious legal fight Sunday to avoid his extradition to France, after Europe's most wanted fugitive spent his first night in a Belgian jail. At the same time Belgium's foreign minister suggested that Abdeslam was also plotting "something" in Brussels, where he was caught Friday after four months on the run. Abdeslam is behind bars in a high security jail on charges of "terrorist murder" for his role in the November 13 gun and suicide
  
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• Man Charged With Allegedly Punching Anti-Trump Protester

  20-03-2016 21:59 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Anti-Donald Trump protesters descended upon the Republican presidential hopeful's Saturday rally in Tucson, Arizona, one of whom was punched and kicked by an apparent Tru
  
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• Brazil poll shows strong support for president's impeachment

  20-03-2016 21:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A new poll published Sunday suggested strong support for the impeachment of embattled Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff in a politically polarized country mired in an economic recession and a corruption probe that has ensnared much of the county's political brass.
  
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• US President Barack Obama arrives in Cuba

  20-03-2016 21:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Barack Obama on Sunday became the first US president in 88 years to visit Cuba, touching down in Havana for a landmark trip aimed at ending decades of Cold War animosity. "¿Que bola Cuba?" Obama tweeted on landing, using Cuban slang to ask what's going on. Moments later, a smiling Obama emerged from Air Force One with his wife First Lady Michelle and their two daughters Sasha and Malia, clutching umbrellas to shield themselves from a warm afternoon rain shower.
  
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• Trump refuses to condemn violence at his U.S. presidential rallies

  20-03-2016 21:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said that "professional agitators" bore much of the blame for violence at his rallies as video showed a protester being beaten and another apparently being grabbed by Trump's campaign manager. Speaking on ABC's "This Week" on Sunday, Trump defended campaign manager Corey Lewandowski and declined to condemn supporters who have attacked protesters at his increasingly chaotic rallies.
  
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• Syrian opposition rejects any election-related delay to peace talks

  20-03-2016 21:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Suleiman Al-Khalidi GENEVA (Reuters) - The Syrian opposition said on Sunday it rejected any attempt by the government to delay the next round of peace talks until after a parliamentary election on April 13 and urged Russia to press its ally into serious talks on a political transition. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad called the election last month, in a sign of confidence reflecting his growing momentum on the battlefield after five years of civil war. The two warring sides have been holding
  
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• California woman, 96, adopts 30-year-old daughter

  20-03-2016 21:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — A 96-year-old California woman has adopted a daughter — a 30-year-old woman from Cambodia.
  
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• Azarenka beats error-prone Williams to win BNP Paribas Open

  20-03-2016 21:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) — Victoria Azarenka defeated error-prone Serena Williams 6-4, 6-4 to win the BNP Paribas Open on Sunday, returning Azarenka to the world's top 10 for the first time since August 2014.
  
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• Cuba breaks up weekly dissident march hours before Obama visit

  20-03-2016 21:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Daniel Trotta HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuban police backed by hundreds of shouting pro-government demonstrators broke up a march by the dissident group Ladies in White on Sunday, detaining about 50 people hours before U.S. President Barack Obama was due for a historic visit. This one was much more raucous, with a larger-than-normal crowd of pro-government demonstrators. The Ladies marched toward the much larger pro-government crowd, which was shouting: "These streets belong to Fidel," referring to
  
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• South Africa's ruling party restates confidence in president

  20-03-2016 21:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa's ruling party has reaffirmed its confidence in President Jacob Zuma, after a growing chorus of corruption allegations against the leader.
  
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• Hillary Clinton raised $30.1 million in February

  20-03-2016 21:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Clinton has frequently dominated the fundraising contest, but has in recent months been in a tight money battle with Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, her rival for the Democratic nomination for the November election. Clinton has been trying to increase her fundraising online, an arena where Sanders has dominated, raising small-dollar donations from supporters. Clinton's campaign said that in mid-March the campaign exceeded 1 million donors.
  
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• United wins Manchester derby, Spurs keep heat on Leicester

  20-03-2016 21:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Pep Guardiola might have thought he'd be taking over the champions of England when he agreed to join Manchester City from next season.
  
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• Has France finally reclaimed Joan of Arc's ring?

  20-03-2016 21:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A ring thought to belong to France's most famous historical martyr, Joan of Arc, was unveiled on Sunday at a theme park, even as historians remained sceptical about its authenticity. The Puy du Fou historical theme park in the western Vendee region paid 376,833 euros ($425,000) for the ring, which is thought to have been in Britain for almost six centuries, at a controversial auction last month in London. Some 5,000 spectators showed up for the unveiling on Sunday, with the ring carried on a cus
  
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• 3 Dead in Shooting at Pennsylvania Toll Plaza

  20-03-2016 21:02 via abcnews.go.com
  The shooting was in Fort Littleton, Pennsylvania.
  
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• News Guide: Donors flocked to Rubio super PAC, to no avail

  20-03-2016 21:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Wealthy donors handed over $25 million last month to an outside group backing then-Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio, and the flood of money helped pay for thousands of television advertisements.
  
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• Niger presidential vote looks a done deal after opposition boycott

  20-03-2016 20:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Abdoulaye Massalaki NIAMEY (Reuters) - Voting ended in Niger on Sunday in a presidential run-off which President Mahamadou Issoufou looks more than likely to win after the opposition called a boycott and its jailed leader was flown out of the country for medical reasons last week. Issoufou, an ally of the West in its fight against Islamist insurgents in West Africa, won the first round comfortably last month with 48 percent of votes but failed to clinch the outright majority required to avoid
  
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• Students' bus crashes in Spain; 14 dead

  20-03-2016 20:51 via rss.cnn.com
  
  At least 14 people died and 30 were injured when a bus on a highway in Spain lost control and crashed into a car Sunday morning, according to Spanish government officials.
  
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• Obama to end half-century standoff with Cuba trip

  20-03-2016 20:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  US President Barack Obama flew to Cuba Sunday to bury the hatchet in a more than half-century-long Cold War standoff, but the arrest of dozens of dissidents just as his plane took off underlined the delicacy of the mission. Abandoning generations of US attempts to cut Cuba from the outside world, the US president, First Lady Michelle and their two daughters left Andrews Air Force Base for the short flight to Havana, where they were spending three days. Accompanying them was the first lady's moth
  
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• Villanova back into Sweet 16 with 87-68 rout of Iowa

  20-03-2016 20:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Finally, a Sweet 16 run for Villanova.
  
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• Poland's president: good talks on security with US senators

  20-03-2016 20:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's president said Sunday that he had held very good talks with U.S. senators about the security situation in Central and Eastern Europe, before a NATO summit that Poland will host in July.
  
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• Sherwin-Williams paint company to buy Valspar for $8.9 billion

  20-03-2016 20:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Reuters) - The Sherwin-Williams Co has agreed to acquire rival U.S. paint company Valspar Corp , the companies said on Sunday, in an all-cash deal valued at about $8.9 billion. Sherwin-Williams will pay $113 a share, or a premium of about 41 percent to Valspar's volume weighted average price for the 30 days through March 18, they said in a statement. Valspar shares closed at $83.83 on Friday on the New York Stock Exchange, and Sherwin-Williams ended at $288.69.
  
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• Could this man save Man Utd?

  20-03-2016 20:45 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Teenager Marcus Rashford continued his dream introduction to top flight football by scoring the only goal of the 171st Manchester derby Sunday.
  
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• Why President Obama Won’t Meet with Fidel Castro

  20-03-2016 20:37 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Obama will be meeting with Raul Castro.
  
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• Could this strategy stop Trump?

  20-03-2016 20:35 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Anti-Trump Republicans desperate to stop the billionaire from being their nominee are discussing creative ways to halt his momentum.
  
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• Marine Killed in Iraq Identified as His Unit Deploys to Help Fight ISIS

  20-03-2016 20:33 via abcnews.go.com
  
  A Marine unit has deployed to northern Iraq to assist in the fight against ISIS.
  
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• Istanbul on edge after suicide attack blamed on IS

  20-03-2016 20:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Turkey on Sunday named the bomber behind a suicide attack in a busy Istanbul shopping and entertainment hub that killed four foreigners as a Turkish jihadist with links to the Islamic State group. The attack on the famous Istiklal Caddesi street sent shockwaves through the city, where a derby between arch-rivals Galatasaray and Fenerbahce was postponed Sunday after the authorities received information of what they called a "serious" threat. Interior Minister Efken Ala identified the alleged perp
  
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• Sherwin-Williams buying rival Valspar for $9 billion

  20-03-2016 20:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Sherwin-Williams, which has long claimed to "cover the Earth" with its paints, is buying rival Valspar for about $9 billion in a move that it says will expand its reach in Asia and Europe.
  
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• White Sox boss: 'Complete faith' in execs after LaRoche flap

  20-03-2016 20:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The chairman of the Chicago White Sox says he has "complete faith" in his team's front office in the aftermath of the Adam LaRoche flap.
  
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• Disabled driver in Albania kills 2, injures 8 in open market

  20-03-2016 20:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albanian police say that a disabled driver has killed two people and injured eight others when his car crashed into an open market.
  
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• Russia plane crash: Recorders 'damaged'

  20-03-2016 20:20 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Flydubai will provide "hardship payments" of $20,000 per passenger to relatives of those killed when its jet crashed in southern Russia, the airline said.
  
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• South Africa's Zuma wins party backing as Gupta row mounts

  20-03-2016 20:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Joe Brock PRETORIA (Reuters) - South Africa's ruling party said on Sunday it had full confidence in President Jacob Zuma after a three-day party summit following mounting claims of political interference by the leader's business friends. Pressure on Zuma intensified when former cabinet spokesman Themba Maseko told the Sunday Times newspaper that the president asked him in a 2010 phone call to meet the Guptas - a family of Indian-born businessmen who relocated to South Africa in the 1990s - at
  
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• Istanbul match delayed over bomb fears

  20-03-2016 20:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Turkish authorities postpone a top football match in Istanbul at short notice, a day after a deadly bomb in the city.
  
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• Syria talks: What diplomats REALLY think

  20-03-2016 20:11 via rss.cnn.com
  
  As talks to find a peaceful solution to the conflict in Syria continue, Nic Robertson finds out what those involved in the discussions really think.
  
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• What led up to Abdeslam's capture

  20-03-2016 20:09 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Anderson Cooper looks at the four month manhunt that ended with the arrest of the prime suspect in the Paris terror attacks.
  
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• Opinion: What's at stake if Paris terrorist talks -- or doesn't

  20-03-2016 20:09 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Four months after the Paris terror attacks, suspect Salah Abdeslam was captured on Friday in Belgium. The search for the world's most wanted man ended with no additional harm to citizens or first responders, thankfully. And it ended in minimal harm to Abdeslam himself, who is alive and relatively well.
  
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